Cigar-holder and ash-receiver.



L. SHLEPP.

CIGAR HOLDER AND. ASH RECEIVER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. I, 1.914.

Pat-enteR July 6, 1915.

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CIGAR-HOLDER AND ASH-RECEIVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July ti, T915.

Application filed August 1, 1914. Serial No. 854,512.

supporting position on the holder, to hold the cigars against accidentaldisplacement by gusts of wind or other causes especially when the deviceis used out of doors, and to permit of readily knocking off the cigarashes and causing the same to drop into a receptacle which can beconveniently emptied of its contents whenever it is desirable to do so.

Another object is to provide a cigar cuttor for cutting off the cigarpoints and All:

dropping the cut-off portions into the receiving receptacle, and toprovide means for readily disposing of the burned matches used forlighting the cigars.

In order to accomplish the desired result use is made of a receivingreceptacle on which is hinged a hood provided with a perforate cover orbottom overlying the said receptacle when the hood is in closed posl-vtion, and cigar rests held on the said hood and each adapted to supporta cigar with the inner end, however, extending over the said perforatecover or bottom.

A practical. embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cigar holder and ash receiver;Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same on the line 2-2 of Fig.3; Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 33 of Fig. 2;and Fig. 4 is a cross section of the cigar cutter, the section beingtaken on the line 44 of Fig. 3.

The base of the cigar holder and ash receiver is in the form of areceiving receptacle A open at the top and adapted to receive cigarashes, the cut-ofl' tops of cigars and burned matches, as hereinaftermore fully explained. The u er ed e of the re ceptacle A is connected ya hinge B witha hood C normally forming a cover for the receptacle A andadapted to be swung into open position to permit of cmptyingthereceptacle A of its contents whenever it is desirable to do so. Thereceptacle A is provided opposite the hinge B with a suitable lockingdevice D for normally locking the hood C in closed position on top ofthe receptacle A. On the top of the hood C is mounted a match holder ora box E of any approved construction.

The hood C is provided in its lower portion with a perforate cover orbottom F,

preferably in the form of wire netting ex-' tending across the top ofthe receptacle A at the time the hood C is in closed position, an in -.tcenter of the perforate cover F is erected'a post G, preferably in theform of a cylind r of wire netting to permit the user of the device toknock ofi the ashes from the butt end of the burning cigar and to allowthe said ashes to drop through the perforate cover F, into thereceptacle A.

From the lower portion of the hood C project outwardly a number ofspaced and horizontally disposed cigar rests H of troughcigar rests Hare preferably struck up from the material of the hood C to provideopenings C in the sides of the hood C and above the rests H for thepassage of the butt end of a cigar into the interior of the hood C, asindicated in Figs. 1 and 2. The bottom of each cigar rest H isapproximately in the same horizontal plane as the perforate cover F sothat the latter forms practically a continuation of the several cigarrests H to support the inner portions of the cigars held on the rests Hat the time. When the device is set on a table or other support and thehood C is locked in closed position then a number of burning cigars canbe placed on the several rests H by a number of smokers seated at thetable, and each smoker can readily knock off the ashes either bycontacting the same with the perforate cover F or the post G, the ashesin either case dropping down into the receptacle A.

On one side of the receptacle A is arranged a cigar cutter l, of anyapproved construction, but so arrange d that the cutoff tips of thecigars drop into the receptacle A. The side of the receptacle A isfurther provided with an opening J through which burned matches may bepassed into the receptacle A.

. and composed of comparatively few parts, not liable to get out oforder easily.

said Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent:

1. A cigar holder and ash receiver, comprising a receptacle, a coverhinged on the receptacle and adapted to swing into open or closedposition, the cover having a netting extending across the top of thesaid receptacle, and a series of radially disposed cigar rests on thesaid cover and extending outward beyond the edge of the cover, eachcigar rest being adapted to support a cigar, the bottoms of the saidcigar rests being approximately on the same level as the said netting sothat the latter forms a continuation of the said cigar rests.

2. A cigar holder and ash receiver, comprising a receptacle, a cover forthe said receptacle having a netting extending across the top of thesaid receptacle, a seriesof radially disposed cigar rests extendingoutwardly from the said cover, each for supporting a ci ar, and acentral perforate post erected on t fesaid netting.

-' 3. A cigar holder and ash receiver, commesses prising an ashreceptacle, a hood hinged to the top of the said ash receptacle andprovided at its bottom with a netting overlying the said ash tray, and acigar rest pr0- jecting from the side ofwthe hood at an open: ing in thehood and above the said netting to support a cigar and to allow thecigar ashesto drop through the netting into the said receptacle.

4:. A cigar holder and ash receiver, comprising an ash receptacle, and ahood hinged to the top'of the said ash receptacle and provided at itsside with cigar'rests projecting outwardly and struck up from the hoodmaterial to form openings in the side of the hood above the cigar restsfor the passage of the butt ends of the cigars into the interior of thehood.

5. A'cigar holder and ash receiver, comprising an ash receptacle, a hoodhinged to the top of the-said ash receptacle and provided at its sidewith cigar rests projecting outwardly and struck up from the hoodmaterial to form openings in the side of the hood above the cigar restsfor the passage of the butt ends of the cigars into the interior of thehood, and a wire netting secured in the lower portion of the said hoodand forming an extension for the said cigar rests.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS SHLEPP.

Witnesses:

THEo. G. Hos'rnn, PHIL I D. RoLLHAUs.

